Union City

Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey. The area remained sparsely populated until the early 19th century, but the area's population growth led to the separation of the new Hudson County from the original Bergen County. In 1888, Union Township was incorporated, named for the Union veterans of the American Civil War. On 1 June 1925, Union City was incorporated, and it was originally dominated by German immigrants and their descendants. In 1890, the trolley was electrified, and the city experienced an influx of Irish and Italian immigrants, helping to foster growth. During the 1940s, the first Cuban immigrants arrived in Union City from New York City, and, by the late 1960s (when Italians were the majority in the city), a large migration of Cuban refugees fleeing Fidel Castro's regime arrived. Union City became home to the USA's second-largest Cuban population (after Miami), and Union City came to have a strong Cuban and working-class culture. In 2016, Union City had a population of 69,296 people.